Which Flight Sim?

The_KiD · 3 Sep 2007 at 13:14

I am looking to buy some kind of flight sim soon and wanted advice on what to go for.

I am not after anything that is massively complicated and you have to have a pilots license just to play, but something that you can either just get in and fly or take it to a more complicated level if you wish.

wouldnt mind flying commercial planes, but ideally would like to fly some older planes and WW2 stuff.

Any recomendations?

gnetx · 3 Sep 2007 at 13:21

Microsoft's Flight Simulator X is hard to beat, provided your PC is reasonably powerful. Older planes can be downloaded from places such as www.simviation.com - there are loads of pretty accurately-modeled freeware planes out there. FSX can be relatively simple but as complicated as you like. Make sure you've got a good stick or yoke (the Saitek X52 is very good), and a fairly recent high-end PC and you'll be good to go. Enjoy it mate, good luck.

oldbag · 3 Sep 2007 at 13:23

I'm told that x-plane is pretty good also.

lolwtfbbq · 3 Sep 2007 at 13:34

Flight Simulator X is the best flight sim out there because there are lots of addons which include new aircraft and scenery. In FSX there are missions that teach you how to fly aircraft, there are also harder missions, like when you have to land a 747 in a monsoon.

The_KiD · 3 Sep 2007 at 13:44

How much should I be looking to pay for FSX? and should I be getting the deluxe?

gnetx · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:15

I'd personally go for the deluxe edition, which is available for just under £50 on the internet. That said, the standard edition is under £30 at the same site. The difference is generally that deluxe comes with more planes, missions, high-detail airports, and more high-detail cities than the standard version, along with an advanced glass cockpit and the control tower multiplayer mode. If you can do without these, save the £20, but bear in mind that I don't think you can do an upgrade from standard to deluxe at a later date.

The_KiD · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:18

Have found a brand new copy of deluxe on t'ebay for £25 (inc delivery).

Think I may just go for it

rhymin · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:34

or if you want some military action:

lockon - modern planes
il2 - old planes

weeble · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:42

Another vote for il2. Reinstalled over the weekend (had hardware issues, RMA etc) and my 2yr old can fly them. Tweak the options and becomes more challenging (for me).

Depends if you prefer twisty dogfights in old prop planes (il2), or super fast jets with fire and forget missiles ultimately (lomac).

The_KiD · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:51

Well have bought the FSX Deluxe for now, if I like it but it doesnt have the WW2 models I like then I will look in to il2

Thanks guys!